reconciliation of studies / profession with educational work or nursing care

Organization of studies

The Family Office has drawn up tis own information brochure "studying with child" for studying parents and parents, who are interested in studies. In this brochure you can find plenty of different comprehensive information.

According to Art. 48 Abs. 2 APO it is possible to take academic leave of absence for an important reason. Important infromation on leave. (Unfortunately at the moment those links are only available in german. We would like to ask for your understanding.)

Special provisions:There exist separate regulations for pregnant women and studying parents. Thus, as "important reason" also apply circumstances which justify maternity protection and parental leave among employees. Hence, upon application, students are granted academic leave of absence due to maternity protection and parental leave until the child´s 3rd birthday at the latest. According to the Federal Act of the Granting of Child-Raising Allowances and Child-Raising Leave (Bundeserziehungsgeldgesetz) also fathers can take academic leave of absence.

During the parental leave period, students who take academic leave of absence upon application, are allowed to attend lectures and to write exams.

Student loans (BAföG):Important: Please inform the BAföG office immediately about your academic leave of absence. During the leave period BAföG is not paid. Most likely, child allowance period for yourself is not paid during the period for yourself either (please inquire further information of the Family Benefits Office (Familienkasse) before the leave of absence).

General Examination Regulations (Allgemeine Prüfungsordnung) (APO) of the OTH Regensburg

§ 2 Part-time studies:(1) The studies are to be accomplished as full-time studies. The study and examination regulations of the respective degree program can provide the possibility of the permanent part-time studies.

(2) In Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs students can in justified cases (e.g. dual degree program, internship semester abroad, parental leave –nursing own children or close relatives - disability with a degree of at least 50%) submit an application for completing a semester in part-time (individual part-time semester).The duration of a semester in part-time is thereby one calendar year. Deadlines are extended accordingly for one semester. .

Regarding the applications:

Applications for the part-time semester are to be submitted until the re-registration for the respective semester, at the latest or in case of the study start until matriculation, at department for studies.

For that an informal request is sufficient.

The decision is made by the responsible control committee (Prüfungskommission).

For some examinations (for example basic- and orientation examinations, repeat examinations) there are deadlines. In case they are missed through not competing it is evaluated graded with a deadline-five or as a failed attempt. Hence, please consider the information of the Examination Office (Prüfungsamt) in the case of sickness during the examination period.

Facilities

In the basement of the student house there is a large family room. It should facilitate the compatibility of studies and family for incorporating university members.

So students and staff of the OTH Regensburg can bring their children aged from 0 to 12 years by the hour to the university and supervising them in the family room (alone). The room can be also be booked for group work and team meetings, while children can deal autonomously in the play area. Of course the room can also be used for breastfeeding and for feeding your child.

During easter and autumn holidays the Family Office provides a competent holiday childcare with a varied program for children at the age of elementary school (in exceptional case younger and/ or older). Laboratory demonstrations and lectures for children, creative activities and games are offered for the children, while parents can dedicate themselves to their studies or their work during the lecture periods.

Dates and notifying information you will find at "Dates and news" on the start page of the Homepage of the Family Office in time.

Members of the OTH with family responsibilities can get, through registration in exchange forum (eLearning) into contact with each other and for example sell or give away things that aren’t needed anymore or share information. In addition, you get here all the latest announcements of family offices or network partners.

Admission is possible at any time with the NDS account for all members of OTH and University of Regensburg.

The Student Union for Niederbayern / Oberpfalz (Studentenwerk) (Stwno) provides studying parents with child / children up to the age of 6 years a free kid’s menu in the cafeteria. They can choose a main dish and a side dish/ soup/ dessert from the daily offer.

The menu is “paid” with the kid’s menu mensacard. This card can be received in the Mensacard Office upon presentation of a copy of the birth certificate and an enrolment certificate.

www.elternimnetz.deLots of useful information on the topic family. So-called letters to parents, which give advice and provide assistance for the period of 0 - 18 years, are also offered. Another new feature is a day nursery guide.

www.zbfs.bayern.deThe Center Bavaria Family und Social Issues (Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales) informs, inter alia, about services according to the Federal Act on Parental Allowance and Parental Leave (Bundeselterngeld- und Elternzeitgesetz), services according to the National Act on Child Benefit (Landeserziehungsgeldgesetz) and the new regulations on care allowance.

www.stwno.de'The Student Union for Niederbayern / Oberpfalz (Studentenwerk) provides information on financial support for studying parents at a glance.

www.sozialleistungsrecht.deOnline comment on several laws in the area of social benefit law by Prof. Dr. Schneider-Danwitz of the OTH Regensburg.

www.regensburg.deAdvice andhelp-Thefamily guideof thecity of Regensburg as well as information on childcare facilities. Furthermore, thecityoffersan overview of possibilities for changing diapers and for breastfeedinginvarious facilitiesandshopping centersin the city including an overview map.

www.schwanger-in-bayern.deInformation on pregnancy, counsenling in conflict situations during pregnancy, local counseling services but also financial assistance.

www.wellcome-online.de"Wellcome"-volunteers now also help families in Regensburg: The" Wellcome "-Angels come once or twice a week for about two to three hours to the families’ homes. Thus, the families are supported in their everyday life for about three months. The assistants help, for example, with caring for a newborn or they take care of siblings. Sometimes it is only about providing support for parents so that they have a person who listens to them or can provide practical assistance.

Costs: Commission 10 Euro, support max. 5 Euro / hour - possibly financial support can be provided. Patrons of the nationwide project are the German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Family Minister Christine Haderthauer.

For your information we have compiled some links to services close to home in and around Regensburg. We do not issue guarantee for the immediacy, accuracy and completeness of the links and the content of the pages available under the links. This particularly applies if the links point to external pages of other providers, whose content we do not adopt as our own.